full-throated celebratory yell, Patrick Reed gave the U.S. team a big boost of energy.With every sharp shot he hit, Reed almost single-handedly carried the Americans to a near-comfortable lead at the close of play Saturday in the Ryder Cup.Nobody was more in tune with th

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Justin Rose is one round away from winning golfs first Olympic gold medal in 112 years.Rose did a little shimmy when his 10-foot par putt on the final hole Saturday swirled in the back side of the cup for a 6-under 65, giving him a one-shot lead over British Open champion Henrik Stenson going into the final round -- the medal round -- at Olympic Golf Course.Its not a two-man race, even if it felt like one.Rose was at 12-under 201 and had the lead after Stenson narrowly missed a birdie putt and had to settle for a 68, capping a day in which he poked a caiman with the end of his wedge in the water to the left of the 10th hole.Marcus Fraser, the leader after the first two rounds, stumbled to a 72 and was four shots out of the lead.Its like a lot of other sports, Rose said. You work hard to get into the finals. Its about a great performance tomorrow.Rose, the U.S. Open champion three years ago at Merion, is used to playing alongside Stenson when the competition is more about flag than money. They were partners in the Ryder Cup in 2014 at Gleneagles, winning all three of their matches for the European flag.That wont be the case Sunday. It will be Britain against Sweden, with other countries still looking to break into contention.Bubba Watson kept American hopes alive with a 5-under 67 that featured his own surreal moment. Watson had a 30-foot birdie putt on the 14th hole, but when he took his putter back, a clump of mud dropped to the ground. Watson tried to stop his stroke and failed, so the ball traveled only about 6 feet.He still wound up with a 67 and was in the group six shots behind -- and three shots out of a medal -- along with Emiliano Grillo of Argentina and David Lingmerth of Sweden, both of whom shot 68. They were at 6-under 207, with Matt Kuchar and Padraig Harrington another shot behind.Rickie Fowler had the low round of the blustery day with a 64, though he remained nine shots behind.Rose was four shots out of the lead to start the second round, but not for long. He holed a 75-foot pitch for eagle from just short of the third green, where the tees were moved up to make it a 285-yard hole into the wind. Then, he hit 7-iron to 15 feet on the downwind, par-5 fifth hole and made that for another eagle. He took the lead for the first time with a 35-foot putt from off the 12th green.Stensons day was exciting because of a wedge, just not for a shot that he played with it.Walking along the edge of the water on the par-5 10th, he spotted a caiman -- a small crocodile in these parts -- and reached over to poke it with the end of his wedge.It was a little lob wedge, he said. If it was twice the size, you probably needed to go to a longer iron.He wound up making birdie on that hole, and two birdies late on the back nine kept in range of Rose.For all the talk about the stars who stayed home, this is just what golf needed in its return to the Olympics. Stenson is coming off the lowest score in major championship history when he won the British Open at Royal Troon, among the greatest final rounds played. He is No. 5 in the world, the highest-ranked player in the field.Rose is another major champion at No. 12 in the world, slowed by a back injury in the middle of his season, but excited about the Rio Games. He was part of opening ceremony and kept busy in the week leading to the golf competition, going to other sports, spending time in the gym with Britains other athletes and soaking it all in.The only thing better would be leaving with a gold medal.It would mean an awful lot, Rose said. You see what it means to the other Olympic athletes. 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CHASKA, Minn. -- With every pump of his fist and full-throated celebratory yell, Patrick Reed gave the U.S. team a big boost of energy.With every sharp shot he hit, Reed almost single-handedly carried the Americans to a near-comfortable lead at the close of play Saturday in the Ryder Cup.Nobody was more in tune with the raucous galleries at Hazeltine National Golf Club than Reed, who appeared to be playing with a constant flow of adrenaline.I just feed off it for some reason, and for some reason the ball doesnt seem to go that much farther than most times, said Reed, who teamed again with Jordan Spieth to beat Europes power couple, Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson, 2 and 1 in afternoon four-ball competition.Reed tallied six birdies and an eagle in the match.He just played incredible golf. He was inspired, Rose said. He kind of punished us every time he had a wedge in his hands.The highlight of the victory came one-third of the way through, when Reed dropped his approach shot onto the sixth green just right. The ball rolled back perfectly, plopping into the cup for an eagle and the second of four straight holes won by the U.S. pair.Reed erupted in celebration, exchanging hard hand slaps and fist bumps with his partner and their caddies and pointing a double-arm pump as he yelled, Come on! Come on! at the crowd behind the ropes.Im in the bunker, and I look at Jordan and I say, `What do you want me to do here? Reed said. He goes, `You can hit it over the bunkers. I hit it to a perfect yardage and knocked it in and just went nuts.Captain Davis Love III said he believes the 26-year-old Reed was built for Ryder Cup competition. This is his second foray into the biennial event, after posting a 3-0-1 record in 2014 in Scotland.Hes got that attitude, said Love, who picked Reed for the leadoff singles match on Sunday, when he will square off against Europes Rory McIlroy.In the morning foursomes, the Reed-Spieth tandem built a 4-up lead with seven holes left, before a furious comeback by the Spaniard duo of Sergio Garcia and Rafa Cabrera Bello halved thatt match.dddddddddddd Love predicted during the lunchtime break that Reed would return mad after the frustrating finish.As the American leaders weighed in with their suggested lineups for the afternoon, including a plan from Loves son, vice captain Tiger Woods nudged the boss toward a final decision that kept Reed and Spieth together for a fourth match.I finally just said to Tiger, `Are we playing them or are we sitting them? Love said after the U.S. team took a 9+-to-6+ lead into the final day of singles play . He said, `No, you have to send them back out there. They are playing so well.Reed acknowledged the frustration of letting a half-point slip away in the morning, but he was level-headed enough to realize how well hed been playing.Its not like we were making bogeys to lose holes. Not like we were giving holes away, said Reed, ranked eighth in the world.Reed and Spieth split their two matches on Friday with Rose and Stenson.In deference to his superstar partner, Reed said he found it easier to play aggressively with the confidence that Spieth could pick him up after an errant shot. Spieth called Reed Captain America for his performance.He wanted to play five matches at the beginning of the week, Spieth said. Tiger told him he might be sitting one and he said, `You are not sitting me on any matches.The 6-foot, 200-pound Texan lists college football as his first special interest in his bio in the PGA Tour media guide. Even in his rugby-style, horizontal-striped blue-and-red polo the Americans donned on Sunday, Reed often looked a little bit like a super fan in the crowd at a football game or even a quarterback coming back to the sideline after a clutch touchdown pass.I knew we had to come in today and fire on all cylinders, Reed said. We killed it yesterday afternoon against those guys, and we didnt even have a chance. We knew we had to make birdies and once we started to make a couple, the flood gates were open. ' ' '